| A | B |
|---|
| adversity | hardship; difficulty; misfortune |
| auspicious | favorable; promising; fortunate; good |
| boycott | refuse; reject |
| deities | idols; immortals; gods |
| desolate | deserted; bleak; abandoned |
| emerged | appeared; surfaced |
| exile | deport; eject; expel |
| improvised | spontaneous; unarranged; unplanned |
| incessant | nonstop; never-ending; continuous |
| incredulous | disbelieving; unbelieving; doubtful; unconvinced; suspicious |
| jargon | nonsense; slang; |
| monopolized | dominated; hogged; controlled |
| ominously | threateningly; gloomily |
| penance | self-punishment; amends; apology |
| ramshackle | dilapidated; run-down; crumbling |
| rummaged | searched; hunted; delved; dug |
| salvaging | recovering; saving |
| shrewd | sharp; perceptive; clever; cunning |
| undulate | roll; swell; heave; surge |
| writhe | squirm; wriggle; twist; struggle |
